MOAMA Anglican Grammar celebrated its 16th year as a school on Wednesday, May 5, with its annual Foundation Day events.
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Each year this occasion is marked with a Foundation Day ceremony, Sports Cup and 100m Gift.
The school's deputy principal Kathleen Kemp said the events went off without a hitch.
“We were very happy with how everything went and very thankful for all the support we have received over the years,” she said.
“For us as a school that may not have the history a lot of other institutions do, it's important for us to create our own traditions and memories, and Foundation Day is one of those.
“We're able to reflect on how far the school has come and the students and staff really enjoy that.”
This year, the school was honoured to have local Yorta Yorta man Neil Morris hold the school's first smoking ceremony on site to commence events.
“It was such a beautiful addition to the event and we thought it was important to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land by having the smoking ceremony,” Ms Kemp said.
The Right Reverend Donald Kirk, Bishop of Riverina and alumni student Patrick Connally (class of 2015) joined the whole-school ceremony, along with parents and other special guests.
Patrick encouraged students to take the leap and dive into something new, and never hesitate when facing a new challenge.
“It was fantastic to have Patrick here because being a newer school, we have only really been able to have one of our alumni come to events like this,” Ms Kemp said.
After the assembly, the students took part in the Sports Cup and Gift event.
“We went down to the Recreation Reserve and it was great to be able to use these fantastic new facilities,” she said.
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